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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 3h

I can sound like an Orval Downer sometimes. But am actually deeply hopeful. What things give me hope? Well, I’ll tell you. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/what-makes...

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What Makes Me Hopeful

Despite all the reasons to despair

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If we, in a sense, belong to each other, where is there room for “I”? For my desires, thoughts, intentions, and will? That’s the question I tackle here. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/where-i-en...

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Where I End And We Begin

On the space of the individual in a world of belonging

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On generational sins and trauma and suffering newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/whats-in-y...

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What’s In Your Blood?

On generational sin

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I understand why some people have left evangelicalism, but here's why I haven't. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/why-i-have...

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Why I Haven’t Left Evangelicalism

And how I learned to love it

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The anxiety of parenting and learning to hope anyway. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-protect...

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On Protecting Your Children

From those who would harm them

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On the challenge of loving embodied humans. Inspired by the Brothers Karamazov. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/i-love-hum...

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I Love Humans; It’s People I Dislike

How to love individual people

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Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If I could give @oalannoble.bsky.social’s 𝘛𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 to all the young adults I know, I would. Grateful for his taking time to talk with me about it for 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. Listen in. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0tq9...

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Scrupulosity will try to take your faith away from you. So how do you practice prayer, Bible reading, church attendance, and other things when the doubts are haunting you? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/spiritual-...

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Spiritual Disciplines and Scrupulosity

How to engage your faith while struggling with OCD doubts

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today’s post is all about why the church needs to be a more comfortable space for people to talk about their mental health. And how atomization is working against that. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/you-need-t...

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You Need to Talk to Someone

Why we need to trust pastors and therapists with our mental health

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I find that to endure life, one needs to cling on to simple moments of joy which are given by God to remind us that life is a comedy, not a tragedy. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-finding...

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On Finding Joy

Clinging to moments of joy amidst difficult circumstances

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A short, unlocked article reflecting on how to deal with wanted and unwanted sexual thoughts. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-tre...

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How to Treat Sexual Thoughts

Without shame

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

How do you deal with the loss of friends? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-the-los...

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On the Loss of Friendships

And changing seasons of life

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

National data on English majors puts them as some of the least religious. But my discipline has fed my faith. Read more: newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-being-a...

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On Being a Religious English Major

Despite the odds

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm a bit confessional here. Sometimes when people pray, I have a hard time paying attention. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-dea...

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How Do You Avoid Cynicism and Distraction During Prayer and Worship?

What do to when cynicism and distraction affect you

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Today I wrote about the decline in speech. We just don’t talk as much anymore. Why and what might that explain? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/why-we-nev...

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Why We Never Speak to Each Other

And what to do about it

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It feels awful to catastrophize. But how can you stop it? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/what-to-do...

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Plough Quarterly @plough.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Carl Trueman, @oalannoble.bsky.social, and James R. Wood spoke at The Sustaining Revival Conference last week. Watch all Keynotes here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=enGY...

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In the Image of God - Carl Trueman

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I know it’s been written about a lot, but I decided after last week’s post to share my experience and give some thoughts on purity culture in relation to creational design of sex and the body. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/where-we-g...

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Where We Go from Purity Culture

Reflections on growing up evangelical in the 90s

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Here’s another post preaching to myself. What does adulthood look like? Silently bearing up under loads. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/adulthood-...

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Adulthood as Silently Bearing Up Under Loads

Accepting the burden without folding in on yourself

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This was an interesting piece for me to write: The Secret World of Alex Mack, AOL chats, Eros, and Josef Pieper. inkwellct.substack.com/p/the-intern...

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The Internet is a Second-Rate Lover

Getting your eros in order

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Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Good thoughts here from @oalannoble.bsky.social about the reality of agency contra the incessant narrative of AI inevitability and communal measures to buffer ourselves against AI’s adverse effects open.substack.com/pub/oalannob...

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How to Not Be Overwhelmed By AI News

Having hope in a wide open future

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I wrote about the creational design of sex, the body, marriage, procreation and how that should shape the way the church talks about sexuality and gender. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-beauty...

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The Beauty of the Creational Design of Sex

And how the Church should talk about it

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Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Coming up: Aug: Gary Schnittjer on 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 Sept: @oalannoble.bsky.social on 𝘛𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭: 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 Oct: @bonniekristian.bsky.social on 𝘐𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮: 𝘈 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴

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Plough Quarterly @plough.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Watch @oalannoble.bsky.social’s Keynote at The Sustaining Revival Conference: www.youtube.com/live/gho3Ecw...

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Christianity and the Good Life - Alan Noble

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This Friday’s free post is all about how not to be overwhelmed by AI news. Preaching to myself a bit. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-not...

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How to Not Be Overwhelmed By AI News

Having hope in a wide open future

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Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"To practice the virtue of love in the contemporary world means fighting to keep your attention focused on what is worthy of your love." @oalannoble.bsky.social, 𝘛𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Why don’t we seem more cross-generational mentorship? Maybe because life moves too fast now and we don’t think older people are aware of what’s going on. Hartmut Rosa on acceleration and "wise elders": newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-crisis...

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The Crisis of Mentorship as a Consequence of Acceleration

As everything sped up, we left the wisdom of the elderly behind

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Today’s post is all about what prodigal rest looks like. Not rest that is meant to recharge your batteries, but superfluous rest in the delight of God. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/prodigal-s...

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Prodigal Sabbath Rest

Learning to delight in the overflowing grace of God

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Today's post is all about the accelerating pace of life and the need to step out of time to survive. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-pace-o...

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The Pace of Daily Life is Unbearable

And everyone wants us to accelerate

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Jason Morehead @opus.ing · 17/07/2026

A good word from @oalannoble.bsky.social: “We were sold one vision of social media and the Internet, and then that content was used for another purpose and sold back to us.”

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Pillaging of the Digital Commons

How AI companies took everything public (and private) and sold it back to us

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

When we first started posting on social media, we had no idea we were generating free content to train AI models. But that’s exactly what happened. I think that’s kind of weird. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-pillag...

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Pillaging of the Digital Commons

How AI companies took everything public (and private) and sold it back to us

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

One of the things that can haunt you when you have a mental affliction and are a parent is: what if I mess up my kids? This post is about that question. In reality it’s a question every parent asks. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/how-to-par...

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How to Parent While Suffering from Mental Affliction

Fulfilling one of your primary duties even under duress

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If we have an answer machine, does that make us more curious or less? And if less, then what will that do to us as humans? newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/what-happe...

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What Happens When No One is Curious?

When we reach the "end of our exploring" and we don't arrive where we started from

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Today’s paid subscriber’s post is all about the tension between pursuing the human potential God designed us for and acknowledging our limits and our fallenness. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/striving-f...

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Striving for Human Excellence

While accepting that you are still a fallen sinner

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

In a world of indecision, we need prudence. Check out my latest book on how "To Live Well" in the modern world. bookshop.org/p/books/to-l...

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Does birthright citizenship mean the end of America? What are we do to with these pseudo-existential threats to our country? These are the questions I deal with in this unlocked post. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/beware-the...

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Beware the End of America!

On pseudo-existential threats and the need to work-through

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I was excited to join my friends at the @trinityforum for a discussion of To Live Well. You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf_J...

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To Live Well in a Chaotic Time

YouTube video by The Trinity Forum

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Today’s paid subscriber’s post has nothing to do with SCOTUS rulings, but it does have to do with the way the world inclines us toward our desires and how we can develop habits of temperance. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/to-live-in...

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To Live in Temperance

Temperance as inner order

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Why are despair and presumption so tempting right now? And what does it look like to walk out hope? That's today's paid subscribers post topic. Sign up to read! Please. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/hope-in-a-...

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Hope in a Time of Despair and Presumption

A reminder to cling to hope despite world events

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Today's unlocked post is all about deconstructing over issues of sexuality and politics and the importance of love and witness. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/deconstruc...

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Deconstructing for Lack of Love

Observations about evangelicals abandoning biblical sexual ethics

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Today I wrote about the misuse of the word “Adult” and why we need to reclaim its real meaning in a world of immaturity. Subscribe to read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/the-adulte...

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The Adulteration of "Adult"

Why "adult" shouldn't mean pornography and what it should mean

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David @bsky.davidsmedberg.me · 12/06/2026

By @oalannoble.bsky.social > Because of the Fall, we are all broken in one way or another. All of us suffer in this life. All of us face struggles and setbacks. You are not alone in that. You should not feel ashamed or unique or different. Before God, you are not broken. You are redeemed.

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On Shame and Mental Health

Having the courage to struggle

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today I wrote about the experience of shame when you have a mental affliction, and why it’s so necessary to deal with that shame to move forward. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-shame-a...

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On Shame and Mental Health

Having the courage to struggle

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Today's post is about not feeling "right" on vacations. Subscribe to read! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/on-family-...

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On Family Vacations

And the struggle to feel what you are supposed to feel

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Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

“Part of the definition of love is being willing to burden your loved ones with what will bring them to healing, righteousness, and God. What a strange description of love to modern ears: Love means being willing to burden someone for their own good!” @oalannoble.bsky.social, 𝘛𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭

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O. Alan Noble @oalannoble.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Today’s free article is a complement to To Live Well. I think I touch on this question at the end of the book, but I wanted to elaborate here: what do you do if your problem is that you think too much about being virtuous? Subscribe and share! newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/what-if-im...

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What if I'm Overly Concerned with Being Virtuous?

On anxiety over virtuous living

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Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

As indicated by the underlining, all of this(!) on the virtue of hope in @oalannoble.bsky.social’s 𝘛𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭:

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Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

“But while technology has brought about great good in our world, and we can hope for it to bring more good, it cannot bear the weight of hope that we need it to. Efficiency is too small of a thing to save us. Technology is too fragile to hope in.” @oalannoble.bsky.social, 𝘛𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭

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